单词 | educational |
释义 | educational (once / 428 pages) adj If something is educational, it teaches you some new information or gives you new knowledge. Listening to an organic farmer describe the process of beekeeping can be very educational. The adjective educational describes something that imparts new skills or knowledge. Reading a recipe is educational, if it teaches you how to make a perfect buttercream frosting for your cake, and a French class is also educational, as long as you learn something new from it. The word comes from the noun education, or "the process of teaching or learning," which actually meant "childrearing" in the 1500s, and was used interchangeably to mean "the training of animals." WORD FAMILYeducational: coeducational, educationally+/coeducate: coeducated/coeducational: coeducationally/educate: co-educate, coeducate, educated, educates, educating, education, educative, educator/educated: self-educated, undereducated, uneducated/education: coeducation, educational, educationalist, educationist, educations, self-education/educationalist: educationalists/educationist: educationists/educative: educatively/educator: educators USAGE EXAMPLESSome are noncontroversial, such as more training for law enforcement and increased social media campaigns and other educational efforts. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) And area residents already use the woodland for educational and recreational purposes, he said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The outreach program will offer educational opportunities, athletics such as football, basketball and Fears’ favorite, boxing. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1adj relating to the process of education educational psychology 2adj providing knowledge an educational film Syn informative, instructive serving to instruct or enlighten or inform |
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